Designer Contract Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Designer
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Designer daily rate in West Yorkshire is £435, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 50 68
Rank change year-on-year -17 +18 -9
Contract jobs requiring a Designer 21 16 14
As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire 2.27% 2.31% 1.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.40% 2.45% 1.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 9 5
10th Percentile £150 £444 £323
25th Percentile £325 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -13.00% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £550 £556 -
90th Percentile £572 £688 £461
Yorkshire median daily rate £513 £500 £438
% change year-on-year +2.50% +14.29% -12.50%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in West Yorkshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in West Yorkshire with a recognized job title 875 654 1,112
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.39% 94.24% 96.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 582 405 701
10th Percentile £290 £263 £281
25th Percentile £400 £369 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £573 £550 £600
90th Percentile £650 £653 £700
Yorkshire median daily rate £481 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +6.94% -10.00% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 32 16
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.88 £13.96
25th Percentile £16.85 £19.50 £16.52
Median hourly rate £25.50 £24.18 £21.01
Median % change year-on-year +5.46% +15.10% -2.29%
75th Percentile £81.25 £38.75 £27.60
90th Percentile - £42.40 £51.25
Yorkshire median hourly rate £29.68 £22.50 £21.31
% change year-on-year +31.91% +5.58% -0.88%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Designer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

Designer job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Designer
Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Designer job vacancies in West Yorkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Designer job vacancies in West Yorkshire

Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in West Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Designer in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 26 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Designer in West Yorkshire

Designer
Hourly Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Designer job vacancies in West Yorkshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Designer job vacancies in West Yorkshire

Designer
Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Designer within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 26 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Leeds -13 18 £430 -14.00% 16
Halifax - 3 £513 -
Designer
Yorkshire

Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 26 December 2025, Designer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the West Yorkshire region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 11 (52.38%) Service Design
2 9 (42.86%) User Research
3 8 (38.10%) Agile
3 8 (38.10%) User Experience
3 8 (38.10%) UX Design
4 7 (33.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 6 (28.57%) Accessibility
5 6 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
5 6 (28.57%) Workshop Facilitation
6 5 (23.81%) Journey Map
7 4 (19.05%) Customer Experience
8 3 (14.29%) Adobe
8 3 (14.29%) Backlog Refinement
8 3 (14.29%) Coaching
8 3 (14.29%) Confluence
8 3 (14.29%) Content Development
8 3 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (14.29%) Design Thinking
8 3 (14.29%) JIRA
8 3 (14.29%) Prototyping
8 3 (14.29%) Re-Platforming
8 3 (14.29%) Sprint Planning
8 3 (14.29%) Systems Thinking
8 3 (14.29%) Usability Testing
9 2 (9.52%) CMS
9 2 (9.52%) Content Management
9 2 (9.52%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 2 (9.52%) Figma
9 2 (9.52%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
9 2 (9.52%) Interaction Design

Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (14.29%) Confluence
2 2 (9.52%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (4.76%) Adobe XD
1 1 (4.76%) InDesign
1 1 (4.76%) InVision
1 1 (4.76%) Photoshop
1 1 (4.76%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.52%) Figma
2 1 (4.76%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 1 (4.76%) Azure
2 1 (4.76%) Canva
Development Applications
1 3 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 8 (38.10%) Public Sector
2 7 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 5 (23.81%) Finance
4 3 (14.29%) Banking
4 3 (14.29%) Marketing
5 1 (4.76%) Digital Healthcare
5 1 (4.76%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) NHS
2 1 (4.76%) Client/Server
2 1 (4.76%) Motion Graphics
2 1 (4.76%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.76%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (52.38%) Service Design
2 9 (42.86%) User Research
3 8 (38.10%) Agile
3 8 (38.10%) User Experience
3 8 (38.10%) UX Design
4 7 (33.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 6 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
5 6 (28.57%) Workshop Facilitation
6 5 (23.81%) Journey Map
7 4 (19.05%) Customer Experience
8 3 (14.29%) Backlog Refinement
8 3 (14.29%) Coaching
8 3 (14.29%) Content Development
8 3 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (14.29%) Design Thinking
8 3 (14.29%) Prototyping
8 3 (14.29%) Re-Platforming
8 3 (14.29%) Sprint Planning
8 3 (14.29%) Systems Thinking
8 3 (14.29%) Usability Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.76%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (28.57%) Accessibility
2 1 (4.76%) WCAG
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) Adobe
2 1 (4.76%) Brio